Robocall -- Bridgewater-Raynham club shows off latest creation

Members of the team showed the elementary students how the robot was built, how it works, and played video of their competition heats this past spring.

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RAYNHAM – The Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District’s TJ2 competitive robotics team brought their student-built competition robot to the LaLiberte School in Raynham Tuesday morning, where they gave the students a crash course in the inner workings of their cybernetic centurion.

This year is the second time the team has visited the school following graduation, Bray said.

Members of the team showed the elementary students how the robot was built, how it works, and played video of their competition heats this past spring.

During the season, the team made it to the New England District Championship at the University of New Hampshire before electrical problems with their robot ended their run, according to B-R science teacher, team founder and advisor Liz Calef.

A regional tournament was hosted in Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School’s gymnasium in March, where the team took top honors.

Bray said the visit is a great chance for the graduating seniors to return to their elementary school and show their former teachers what they’ve accomplished.

For the younger kids, it can be inspirational to see their older peers succeeding, and it might spark an interest in robotics and science, he said.

“It gets them excited about science and technology,” he said. “Hopefully some of them will want to be on the robotics team.”